Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution

Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly

1:30 pm

Ms Justice Mary Laffoy:

Yes, and if the Oireachtas would then go on to legislate, that legislation should not be open to constitutional challenge. That is what I am saying. It is that the legislation would not be open to constitutional challenge.